Revista de Biología Tropical ISSN Impreso: 0034-7744 ISSN electrónico: 2215-2075

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“Please pay $800 to read this article”: An open letter to paywall companies
Volumen 66 Número Regular Marzo 2018
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Keywords

scientific development
fair trade
injustice in science
Third World economies.

How to Cite

MONGE-NAJERA, J. (2018). “Please pay $800 to read this article”: An open letter to paywall companies. Revista De Biología Tropical, 66(1), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v66i1.32238

Abstract

 

 Significant amounts of economic resources are spent by poor countries for access to scientific information that is blocked by pay-walls, and when fees are corrected for local economies, they can be the equivalent of hundreds of dollars per article. Pay-walls, is controlled by a small group of companies in rich countries, block knowledge from the societies that need it most. These companies should adjust their fees according to local economies: this would be fairer and would benefit everyone, including the same companies.

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